Christmas Tipping: Does it still exist? 15 December 2017 11:24:15 GMT

Christmas is typically known as the season of goodwill. A time to appreciate those around you and give them gifts as a sign of gratitude. However, as time has gone on, the number of people giving tips and gifts to those around them has gone down. Especially, when it comes to tipping tradespeople.

In the past, tradespeople were tipped by homeowners during the festive months with the token of a ‘Christmas Box’. However, research has found that nowadays, less than half of customers tip a tradesperson! Specifically, 46% of customers in the UK were found to give a Christmas tip.

But why is this? Well, we teamed up with On The Tools to take a look at what the UK’s tradespeople had to say about tipping.

Surprisingly, the majority of tradespeople revealed that they were, in fact, tipped by some of their customers at Christmas. Ranging from £20 to £200, it looks like these tradespeople managed to find themselves some very generous customers.

Alongside cash though, some tradespeople revealed that they were given gifts by their customers instead. This included things such as drinks and personalised items, given to tradespeople as a token of appreciation.

But what about those that weren’t tipped? Well, one tradesperson described that it is, “very rare that it happens here with me, to be honest.”“If it does happen, it’s always from people who can’t really afford to and I’ll always turn it down.”

“The richer clients usually try to cut money off the bill, never mind get a tip.”

Continue reading the full article HERE. We’d love to hear your thoughts - what do you think of this? Do you get Christmas tips?

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